Three Chinese tourists declined to board, and eventually missed, their flight home from an airport in south-central Vietnam, asserting that they had been squeezed for money by customs officers in what appears to be a false claim.

Customs officers at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City confiscated four kilograms of ivory and three sets of leopard skin, amongst other animal parts, from the luggage of a female passenger on Sunday.

MADRID: A total of 20 supporters and five police officers suffered minor injuries in scuffles outside the Vicente Calderon stadium prior to Wednesday's (May 10) Champions League semi-final second leg between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid.

A man was caught by market surveillance officers halfway through his trip to deliver a large shipment of ‘made in Hong Kong’ jams from Vietnam’s northern border with China to Da Lat, the country’s famed produce hub.

VGP - The basic monthly wage of public servants will grow to VND 1.3 million (US$ 58.3) from the current level of VND 1.21 million (US$ 54.3) since July 1, 2017, according to Decree 47/2017/ND-CP (Decree 47) providing for the basic wage level for cadres, civil servants, public employees and armed forces.

Police in the central province of Quang Tri, which remains riddled with unexploded wartime ordnances, said on Tuesday that they had arrested six people involved in the attempted sale of a 300 kg live bomb.

The basic monthly wage of public servants will grow to VND 1.3 million (US$ 58.3) from the current level of VND 1.21 million (US$ 54.3) since July 1, 2017, according to Decree 47/2017/ND-CP (Decree 47) providing for the basic wage level for cadres, civil servants, public employees and armed forces.